No, no, that show died loooong before any shark was jumped.
That was just nailing the coffin shut.
Panel 1 was cute with Mieville, but I thought the human part was weird - Faye asking Marten for... what, permission? Approval? And in such a roundabout way - "would you be pissed..." I mean, what was she expecting? He'd be pissed with her for dating when he's happily dating someone else? Or pissed with her for dating Angus, whom he specifically checked out for her back when awkwardness was defeated? I mean, where did that come from?
She's a master of projection, our Faye. (mistress of projection sounds like a dominatrix who works in a movie theatre...) She's really reaching for a reason to not go there, I think something more is bothering her.
I think the comfort zone thing is a big part of it, but this girl is more self-sabatoging than anything. She put her shields halfway up this time, let them be partially breached, and now she's asking if she should lower them. It's a done decision, Faye. Stop asking if it's right!
Marigold will recover. Try treating her like an adult instead of rewrapping the cocoon, and she'll be fine. She know all along anyway. Let her deal with her self-deceptions, and you deal with yours!
God, I've got to stop talking in the second person to these comics...